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[Cameron 'Cazbonie' Clark]

All good

All good

We are still with you 100%. You look after us we look after you.

 

[Zakaree Sandberg]

Many of us have got problems with our delivery delays, that's for sure, and I don't expect that mine is one of the worst, but here's my story, just for the record:

I recieved my "almost ready to ship" email, which specified that once money had been received, the camera would take "a minimum of 3-5 days to ship." Well, first off, a minimum isn't really a range (3-5), it's a minimum (3). And based on the fact that a range was specified, I imagined it would likely ship in 3-5 days and would most likely ship within 10 days and I assumed three weeks would be a very conservative estimate. So I took out a loan and booked the camera on a friend's feature starting three weeks after I sent payment. Because it's my friend, and Red rental rates are grossly inflated at the moment, I offerred him a very good deal on my whole package. The camera won't be here to start the feature unless it shows up in the next two days, so the rental I was supposed to get is going elsewhere to subrent a body, while I provide my lenses, sticks, monitor, accessories, etc to the production for free (and I had to ask the subrenter for a deal, to boot).

Meanwhile, my first loan payment will be due in about ten days, and I have no way to generate the money to pay the loan, since I have no camera to rent, so I have to use a credit card, which in effect, more than doubles the interest I'm paying on the loan.

I'm pretty bummed.

Yes, I absolutely understand the problems that Red is facing, but no, I don't understand why Red couldn't have kept me abreast of any and all potential delays, once they'd sent me an email asking me to send them money, lest I would have simply held out on the loan and not offerred my camera for hire.

:-(

I believe Jim said he will refund your cash and you will be able to use it when your camera IS ready to go..